There is a list of advantages and disadvantages for using the reforestation method as proposal, which will help, offset carbon dioxide emissions. An advantage for reforestation is that the method used is with a low-cost and do not require any large-scale changes in the overall regulatory framework. It is also very easy to study on a limited scale. It can also be easily accomplished by the mass planting for tree seedlings. Those are some of the advantages for the reforestation method that is to help offset carbon dioxide emissions.
On the other hand disadvantages to such a method to be used should be mentioned, the disadvantage of reforestation it needs a lot of engineers to decide which trees should be replanted and restored so that it wont effect the ecosystem and disturb the living of the species. It is also can not be used for a large scale which makes it a problem for the future because the cut down of trees might increase and the demand for more space and wood will make the environment unbalanced and the carbon dioxide will increase in the atmosphere which will lead to increasing the temperature of the planet, which will lead to other dangerous problems affecting the environment.
Another advantage for reforestation is that is used for soil erosion, it is one of the best methods used to stop soil erosion around the globe. The add of forest cover can stop the flooding and soil erosion. The roots of the trees which are planted or restored into land can force the soil to stop eroding by making the soil particles stack together forming a net like shape which is not easily eroded by the flooding or rain, which stops the spread of disease vectors’ environments, because some of the disease might move from one place to another by soil erosion which will damage the environment and a cause an unbalance in the ecosystem.
Some of the trees that is being replanted needs a lot of time to reach maturity which is another obstacle in front of the people who want to use reforestation as proposal to stop soil erosion, flooding and offset carbon dioxide emissions. Some of the trees are deciduous trees (hard wood) which takes more time to reach maturity which can cause an unbalance in the ecosystem and species would be in the danger of extinction, because they are to move from one place to another which can cause an uncomfortable environment for the species which might cause them to face the danger of extinction. Some of the trees might not cause a problem because of maturity because they are coniferous trees (soft wood) those trees need lesser time to reach maturity, so it wont cause a problem and in that case it is an advantage.
Actions around the world and what has been done internationally speaking to offset carbon dioxide emissions and to stop soil erosion and flooding. Applied Energy Services, a United States power company, has ledged to plant 52 million trees in Guatemala to absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide that is new coal-fired plant in Connecticut will release. In Kenya, the Green Belt Movement, a citizens’ group, has planted 10 million trees in the past 18 years. Governments of several tropical forest countries have declared halting a top priority. Citizen groups in Malaysia, India, Peru and Brazil have intensified their activities against deforestation. In the United States, groups like Tree People and the American Forestry Association have planted millions of trees. The Brazilian government has set aside tracts of forest, a total area the size of Massachusetts as “extractive reserves”. In these reserves, deforestation is prohibited and local communities can harvest forest products such as rubber and nuts. Dynegy’s partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Illinois Conservation Foundation greatly expanded in 1999 to meet the goal of adding nearly 6 million trees to the Illinois landscape. The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed started a project since 1997 the staff and thousands of volunteers to restore over 3400 linear ft. or eroded stream banks and planted over 7000 trees.
From the above I can summarize that reforestation is one of the proposals that have been mad to offset the carbon dioxide emissions as well as to stop flooding and soil erosion. Reforestation has a list of advantages and disadvantages, and from my own knowledge I can see that the advantages exceed the disadvantages which makes the proposal a good solution to stop the unbalancing that is going to occur if the carbon dioxide is going to continue to be produced and the population of the people as well as the more quantity demanded for wood, deforestation is going to make a increase of 25% of the total annual net of the production of carbon dioxide. This method should be used by other countries that have lots of carbon dioxide emissions and pollutant gases in the atmosphere so as to clean the air and atmosphere from dangerous and hazardous gases that might affect the environment.
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